Issue 149: Apple-icious!

Apple-Raisin Streusel Kuchen

Ingredients:
5 cups of chopped and peeled organic Golden Delicious or Rome apples (about 4 large)
coconut oil or organic butter to coat jelly-roll pan
2 Tablespoons raw honey
1½ cups whole wheat flour
1/3 cup raw honey
1¼ teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
3/4 cup organic buttermilk
2 organic, high omega-3 eggs
2½ Tablespoons coconut oil or butter
1½ teaspoons grated lemon rind
½ cup raisins
½ cup packed organic brown sugar
3 Tablespoons whole wheat flour
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
2½ Tablespoons chilled butter
2 teaspoons raw honey

Directions:
Preheat oven to 475° and arrange apples in a single layer in a pan coated with coconut oil or butter. Stir together the apples and 1 Tablespoon raw honey, coating apples well, and bake at 475° for 8 minutes. Remove from oven and stir together with additional 1 Tablespoon raw honey. Bake an additional 7 minutes or until apples are slightly soft. Remove from oven and cool. Set aside.

Reduce the oven temperature to 375°.  Place 1½ cups whole wheat flour into a large mixing bowl and combine with next 6 ingredients (flour through 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg in the list of ingredients). Combine buttermilk, eggs, oil and grated lemon rind, stirring well with a whisk. Add to flour mixture, stirring just until moist. Gently fold in cooled apples and raisins. Spoon mixture into a 10-inch springform pan coated with coconut oil or butter; place pan on a baking sheet.

Combine brown sugar, 3 Tablespoons flour, ½ teaspoon cinnamon, and ¼ teaspoon nutmeg; cut in butter and remaining 2 teaspoons of raw honey with a pastry blender or 2 knives until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Sprinkle evenly over batter in pan. Bake at 375° for 50 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Serve.

Serves 10

Recipe courtesy of Extraordinary Health Team